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beastful

beastful adjective: having the nature of a wild beast; beastly.

Adjective

beastful (comparative more beastful, superlative most beastful)

  1. (rare) Having the nature of a wild beast; beastly.
    • I fear lest we have lost ours (non grant it!) respecting these wildy parts. How is hit finister! How shagsome all and beastful!1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part III, page 566
    • My spies inform me that the Lemuli of the south are little better than the Vandi, who are no real match for us. So this Sun Lord and his beastful empire—he will be a good test for us.1981, Adrian Cole, Wargods of Ludorbis, London: Robert Hale, →ISBN, page 55

Forms of beastful

comparativemore beastful
superlativemost beastful
alternative formbeastfull

Origin of beastful

From beast + -ful.

Words formed from beastful

Questions about beastful

What does beastful mean?
Beastful means having the nature of a wild beast; beastly.
What part of speech is beastful?
Beastful is an adjective.

Words near beastful in the dictionary

  1. beasted on
  2. beasten
  3. beasterly
  4. beastes
  5. beastfolk
  6. beastful
  7. beastfull
  8. beastfully
  9. beastfulness
  10. beasthood
  11. beasthoods

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